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Palatalization vs Iotation - What's the difference?

palatalization | iotation |

As nouns the difference between palatalization and iotation

is that palatalization is the state or quality of being palatalized, of pronouncing a sound with the tongue against the palate of the mouth that normally is not while iotation is a specific occurrence of palatalization that occurred in the Proto-Slavic language, in which a consonant combined with the palatal approximant /j/ to form a palatalized consonant.

palatalization

English

Noun

  • (linguistics, uncountable) The state or quality of being palatalized, of pronouncing a sound with the tongue against the palate of the mouth that normally is not.
    • The word "nature" is commonly pronounced with a palatalization of the letter ''t'' to sound like ''ch''.
  • (linguistics, countable) An instance of pronunciation in which a sound is palatalized.

    • iotation

    English

    (Iotation)

    Alternative forms

    * jotation

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (linguistics) A specific occurrence of palatalization that occurred in the Proto-Slavic language, in which a consonant combined with the palatal approximant to form a palatalized consonant.
  • (linguistics) Any similar process occurring in a later Slavic language or elsewhere.
    • A form of iotation in the Serbo-Croatian language:'' ''s''''' ()